Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT:  TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:  If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.

 

Serial Number  77/007920

 

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

 

The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).  TMEP §704.02.

 

Identification of Goods

The identification of goods is unacceptable because the applicant must: 1.) specify the field of use of its catalogs; 2.) specify the material composition/nature of its boxes; 3.) specify the material composition of its hang tags.  The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:  “Boxes namely, [specify material composition, i.e. metal boxes], in International Class 6.

 

Catalogs in the field of [indicate specific field of use, i.e. clothing, gardening], paper for catalogs, stationery, envelopes, notepaper and notepads, boxes namely, [specify material composition, i.e. cardboard boxes, paper boxes or types of boxes, i.e. pencil boxes, stationery boxes] and hang tags namely, [specify material composition, i.e. cardboard hang tags, paper hang tags], in International Class 16.

 

Hang tags namely, [specify material composition, i.e. plastic hang tags]; boxes namely, [specify material composition, i.e. plastic boxes], in International Class 20.”  TMEP §1402.01.

 

Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth in the present identification.

 

For assistance regarding an acceptable listing of goods and/or services, please see the on‑line searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services, at http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/.

 

 

Classification

If applicant adopts the suggested amendment of the goods, then applicant must amend the classification to International Classes 6, 16 and 20.  37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7) and 2.85; TMEP §§1401 et seq.

 

 

Requirements of Combined or Multiple-Class Applications

If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, applicant must comply with each of the following for those goods an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):

 

(1)   Applicant must list the goods by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order; and

 

(2)   Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods not covered by the fee already paid (current fee information should be confirmed at http://www.uspto.gov). 

 

37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810 and 1403.01.

 

 

Disclaimer

The applicant must disclaim the descriptive wording “WOOD FREE PAPER” apart from the mark as shown. Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.03(a).  The wording is merely descriptive because the applicant’s goods are likely to be made from “wood free paper.”  (See attached)

 

The computerized printing format for the Office’s Trademark Official Gazette requires a standardized format for a disclaimer.  TMEP §1213.08(a)(i).  The following is the standard format used by the Office:

 

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “WOOD FREE PAPER” apart from the mark as shown.

 

See In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).

 

 

If the applicant has any questions or requires assistance in responding to this Office Action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.

 

 

/Richard F. White/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 109

Telephone:  (571) 272-9442

Fax:  (571) 273-9109

 

 

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

• ONLINE RESPONSE:  You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action form available on our website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html.  If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.  NOTE:  Do not respond by e-mail.  THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN E-MAILED RESPONSE.
• REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:  To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above, and include the serial number, law office number, and examining attorney’s name.  NOTE:  The filing date of the response will be the date of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date.  To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.  37 C.F.R. §2.197.

 

STATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.

 

VIEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.

 

GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.